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Assistive Tech > Mobility
Tariffs Are Raising the Cost of Wheelchairs, AAC Devices, and Medications — What Families Can Do
...Pharmaceutical products: Specialty medications for rare genetic conditions, seizure disorders, metabolic diseases. Many rely on imported active ingredients...Pharmaceutical products: Specialty medications for rare genetic conditions, seizure disorders, metabolic diseases. Many rely on imported active ingredients or are manufactured...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Sleep and Epilepsy: The Interconnected Link and Solutions
...Epilepsy. Epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures,...disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, can have far-reaching effects on...that sleep deprivation can lower the seizure threshold, making individuals with...with epilepsy more susceptible to seizures. Lifestyle Changes, Medication, and...
Medical > Neurology
Medically Understanding Seizures in Special Needs Individuals: A Comprehensive Guide
...Managing Seizures in Individuals...understanding of seizures, particularly...surrounding seizures, offering...the seizure types...contribute to seizure occurrence,...strategies. Seizures & Special...prevalence of seizures is higher...neurodevelopmental disorders, like...prone to seizures. It is...that seizures are not...different disorders that...Types of Seizures The...assessment of seizures involves...focal seizures, which...generalized seizures, which...classifications, seizures can take...that seizures can look...
Medical > Neurology
Unraveling the Link: Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders in Special Needs Individuals
...and Neurological Disorders in Special Needs...Epilepsy, a chronic disorder, characterized...and unprovoked seizures, affects numerous...other neurological disorders commonly seen...and, ultimately, seizure control. The Neurological...other neurological disorders in special needs...mechanisms. Neurological disorders such as cerebral...progress of the disorder...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
What is Cerebral Palsy?
Cerebral palsy is a disorder that affects as many as 500,000...used to describe the many disorders caused by abnormal development...birth. Mothers with infections, seizure disorders, or other serious...Mothers with infections, seizure disorders, or other serious medical...Cerebral Palsy Like with many disorders and special needs disabilities,...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Managing Epilepsy for Optimal Learning in the Classroom
...but also the unpredictable onset of seizures. Navigating this complex landscape...Impact. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures,...disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, affecting over 65 million people...bright 12-year-old with epilepsy. Her seizures, although controlled by medication,...
Medical > Neurology
Navigating Epilepsy: Comprehensive Guide for Individuals with Special Needs
...those with special needs. What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by recurrent seizures. These are not triggered by an identifiable...What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by recurrent seizures. These are not triggered by an identifiable cause like fever or brain trauma...
Special Needs > Multiple Sclerosis
Diagnosing Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
...more difficult to diagnose due to the common occurrence of other childhood disorders with similar symptoms. Up to five percent of people diagnosed with MS...and vertigo Emotional changes Depression Spasticity Pain In children, seizures and changes in mental status (such as lethargy) are more common than in...
Special Needs > Rare Disorders
What is Angelman Syndrome?
...Syndrome is a neuro-genetic disorder that is often misdiagnosed...developmental delay, seizures, lack of speech, and...of speech, and motor disorders. Named after Dr. Harry...distinguishes it from other disorders. Angelman Syndrome...Movement or balance disorder — ataxia or awkward gait,...circumference or microcephaly, seizures usually onset before...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
School Seizure Action Plans: What Every Parent and Teacher Needs to Know
...has a seizure in the...child's seizures look...Generic seizure training...specific seizure pattern....pattern. A Seizure Action...does. A Seizure Action...has a seizure. It describes...what the seizure looks...first seizure at school...What a Seizure Action...school seizure action...child's seizure type(s)....Absence seizures look...tonic-clonic seizures. Focal...aware seizures look...awareness seizures. The...does the seizure usually...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Dietary Therapy for Epilepsy: A Parent's Guide to Ketogenic and Modified Atkins Diets
...child's neurologist just told you the seizures are medication resistant. You've tried...protocols. How Dietary Therapy Works for Seizures. The ketogenic diet shifts your child's...metabolic shift appears to reduce seizure activity through multiple mechanisms....medications experience significant seizure reduction on a ketogenic diet. The...
Special Needs > Epilepsy
Seizure First Aid: A Step-by-Step Guide for Families and Caregivers
...this is the seizure type that requires...to respond to seizures with no medical...parents managing seizures at home, see...complete guide to seizure first aid.) What...before the first seizure, not during it....child had a seizure recently? What...Tonic-clonic seizures involve the whole...consciousness. Absence seizures look like the...seconds. Focal seizures may involve confusion,...